hmm, the only thing i could possibly do that's even related is go back to actually editing videos.

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i've never really been much of an art guy. i mean, i used to do a comic and draw and stuff, but i kinda gave that up for whatever reason.

but, i dunno, i'll give it a try next time i have some spare money.

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I usually unwind by casually thinking of something that makes me laugh. Lately I've forgotten to do this as often as I did about a year ago and I've seen my mood get a little less joyful, so I guess it did help.

Warbear wrote:It's just general anxiety, not attributed to any singular event.

So what makes you comfortable in public, if anything?

being around people i like tends to help, but i can't constantly have them around, ya know?

Yog wrote:Use music. Get those large headphones and just zone out on the most relaxing music you have.

I did this one, kind of. I have this playlist that gets me motivated, so I went on a walk, listened to it, and just logic'd out all of the problems that I had.

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icha_icha_paradise wrote:Composing music, you say? How exactly would I go about doing that? I play a little piano, so I do know what a key signature is, and what notes are what. How exactly does this process work?

Start with a small ditty in your head. Any melody will do.

Than, hum the first note of it, while trying to find the closest sounding note on your piano.

A little bit more complicated than that when you write for larger ensembles. I mean, there's a bunch of technical shit but if you're writing for one instrument it's pretty much what Yog said. Play around with the melodies. Noodle on the piano for a bit.

It involves turning off every single light in your home, and than using candles.

You than put on a set of purely instrumental songs.

I listen to The Mantle by Agalloch.

Anyway, once that's on, you sit on the floor, in a comfortable spot, with your legs crossed.

Taking a deep breath, you slowly inhale with your mouth, and exhale with your nose.

Focus on the breathing, and as the contours of melody lift you from your physical restraints, you remain, tethered to the sound of your breathing.

Than, you slowly analyze each issue, but from a distance. As if you were someone else confronting your problem. Cancel each one out with logical solution, and by the time you finish, you will have left behind your anxiety and reached inner peace.

I usually use that one as a last resort, as it's complicated, but it always works. At least, for me.

If it's not just purely emotional anxiety, and it's sort of anxiety about what others are thinking, it can help to try to internalize that strangers care a lot less than you think.

Also Yog what would you recommend for a meditation beginner? Obviously you describe it some there but at the hands of a novice like myself meditation was literally just the physical act - sitting there breathing, and nothing more.

so yea, my girlfriend has always been emotional, she always talked about her deppression and how she was gonna off herself at some point in time. When I first met her, her ex was driving her over the edge.recently she went to a mental hospital for a few days after trying to drink germ x, when she came back she was happy, but now shes gone back to burning and cutting herself. If i tell her parents shed never trust me again, if i leave it this way she'll slowly get worse again, She constantly says im the only pick up she has,but even that is slowly wearing off and I'm just 15, does anyone have experience with this stuff?

Unfortunately you may need to sacrifice your relationship with her to get her the help she needs. I assume she's just about the same age as you, which means she's still forming as a person and she can more easily be helped, which she desperately needs.

It is unfortunate in these situations that the right thing means doing what feels bad and what gets hate from who you are helping, but the best one can hope for is that she's thankful if and when she gets better, otherwise it's a situation that's impossible to resolve cleanly. She clearly needs more serious intervention in her life, especially if prior attempts have failed and she's already back to bad habits. She doesn't need an enabler. Especially if you, as you say, are slowly less and less able to be her pick-up. The only option left is to explain to her parents the gravity of the situation and hope they do something with that.

There are no perfect solutions here besides doing the best you can to help, and to hope she summons the strength to drag herself back to emotional well-being, because no matter how much you or anyone else tries to help, ultimately it does rest on her to pass the finish line, so do what you can to open the door for her and hope she has the will to step through it.

Even though it may seem like the "bad guy" thing to do you have to either encourage her to seek help, or ya, tell her parents, or someone. I'm surprised she is not already in some kind of therapy after attempting once.

"Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face; but the gleam of his eyes could be seen as he watched the hobbits."

Oh jolly, Oh joy, Oh happy day, my girlfriend left me AGAIN for the second time, the most wonderfully splendiferous part of my nutricious breakfast is, she diidnt leave me because of the fact i told her she needed to get help, or because i went to her parents, she left because her ex boyfriend who has repeatedly made her miserable, came back, and that girl left me for him yet again, and i would say it hurts, but i saw it coming, and right now i am not sad, just very very pissed off

"Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face; but the gleam of his eyes could be seen as he watched the hobbits."